Lawrence Richardson

Background

Richardson, Lawrence was born on July 11, 1889 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles Cleves and Eliza Cordelia (Jones) Richardson.

Education

Student of University Illinois, 1908-1909. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1910.

Career

With Pennsylvania Railroad, 1907-1917. Staff United States Railroad Administration, 1918-1920. With American Steel Foundries, 1920-1923, Whiting Corporation, 1923-1925, United Engineers & Constructors, 1925-1926.

Assistant to Chairman of the Board B.&M. Railroad, 1926-1927, chief mechanic officer, 1927-1933, mechanic assistant to vice president, 1933-1947.

Assistant general manager New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad, 1947-1950. Advisor railroad operation, Iran, 1949.

President, director Rutland Railroad from 1952. Technical advisor railroads, United Nations, Yugoslavia, 1952.

Achievements

• Lawrence Richardson has been listed as a noteworthy railroad executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American delegation Allied Commision on Reparations, Moscow, 1945. Served as ensign Aviation Corps, United States Navy, 1917-1918. Member A.S.M.E.; Mason (Shriner).

Clubs: Army-Navy (Washington).

Connections

Married Dorothy Fox, June 4, 1917. Children: Dorothy, Lawrence, Walker Scott.

Father:

Charles Cleves Richardson

Mother:

Eliza Cordelia (Jones) Richardson

Spouse:

Dorothy Fox

child:

Walker Scott Richardson

child:

Lawrence Richardson

child:

Dorothy Richardson